Bedpost-fastening.



-of a side rail,

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

EMIL PoEPPEL, or CHICAGO, IL LINoIs.

BEDPOST-FASTENING.

Speellication of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Application ined Aprn 7, iaia. seriai No. 7:19389.

To all whom it may concern.' j l Y i Be it known that I, EMIL POEPPEL, a citivzen of the United States of America, and a fastening for beds'teads, which shall be rigid.

and strong in character, simple and efleient in construction, inexpensive to mannfaol ture, and convenient to Voperate for assembling and taking apart the frame.

:A specific construction embodying this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fgre 1 is a perspective view of one corner of the frame work of a bedstead, as .seen

from epoint adjacent to the top of the di-.

agonally opposite post, and shows a. corner post, a fastening member lmounted thereon, and the adjacent end of a side rail i'neinber held inplace b the fastening.t Fig. 9. is i somewhat similar view minus the side rail member. F ig; Sis aside elevation of a pair of 4corner posts (foot and head) arranged adjacent to each other and held togethitemporarilv in slightly spaced relation, as for exhibition purposes. Fig. t is a perspective' View of a corner fastening nien'iher adapted for detachable mounting on one enzl Fig. `5 is a plan View of ;i sheet metal stamping or blank adapted for folding to form a fastening frame. or housing member for attachment directly toV the bedpost as illnstratcdin Fig. Fig. C is a plan view of a sheet metal stamping or blank adapted for foldiiigtoforin a detachable end fastening member for a Sido rail, as illustrated in Fig. 4. l.

In the construction shown, there is pro" vided acorner post fastening l ci'iiriprisiug :i pair of complementary interlocking menibers 2 and 3 rigidly attached to the corner post 4 and to a side rail 5 respectively` and adapted to'bc readily engaged and disenY gaged with respect to each other for as` senibling or knocking down the bedslcad as desired. ,A

The post engaging member or bracket 2 comprises a frame or housing having on the hack side suitable means as outstanding ears oii lugs adapted to lie flat against the bedpost for securing thereto by means of screws or bolts' 7, and is formed with a vertical T-slot or groove 8 on its front side to receive 69 a correspondingly formed portion i) of the complementary fastening itieinber 3 :secured to one end of the side rail 5, The post bracket 2 -is conveniently formed first as a sheet metal stamping 10, illustrated .in Fig.

5, andis then folded into a bracket form ot box-like shape follows: The central or front face part 11 contains a vertical oblong perforation adapted to constitute the T-slot. 8 of the said post en bracket 2, and is flanked by four radiating parts, 12, 13, 14 and 15 adapted to be tui-ned substantially at right :ingles to the said face p ortion to form the ends and sides respectively of the box-like bracket 2.

the perforated lugs (i tnrnedoutwardly par-A allel to the face, and lfitted to liel close against the corner poet to. ifeive the mounting bolts 7. Both the side partsand the end'or top 80 and'bottoni parts stand perpendicular to the adjacent surface of the post. The end walls i2 and 13 are'disposed horizontally7 and the side walls 14 and' 15 f-veitically, the latter converging slightly toward tli'ercar sullil g5 ciently to stand .in radial abutting position square against the outer surface of the cyJ lindrical post 4..'A

Ono of the side walls 14 iS formed to relceivo an end of. a fastening member l( for 90 securing the adjacent end of the end rail 17,' a slot or opei'iinfc;` 1S being formed in the upper edge of the wall 14 therefor. '.lhe npper'erid wall 13 is perforated midway between its sido edges for a rivet 1S) to secure 95 the inwardly projectingr` end of the. 4end rail? holder 1G. The said vholdci- 16 'consists of an angle bai', one side or flange of which projects into the post. bracket 1 and the other [lange being cut 'away and formed to lit 10@ closely against the .wall 14- and the oppo-. site end of the holder being l'ufrfoi'atod for; riveting or otbei'iiise. :splicing to an end rail as indicated by dotted lines in `Fig. 1, lhndlllmg @dires of the sides and ends adum jacent tothe rear of the bracket are interlockcd by tongues l and grooves 2. lVhen the post bracket is bent or formed iiilo shape7 the T-slot 8 extends over into the. l

lop and bottoni ,pieces at. each end and is 1m adapted to receive the T-portion or tongue il of the side rail holding member 3, the

aging -member or 7i.

a The end portions 12 and 13 Carry on their outer ends upper end of the slot in the top plate having short lateral branches disposed just back of the front wall 11 of the finished bracket to accommodate the side arms of the tongue 9,a1`1dl thc'bottom of said slot being arranged to stop andseat the lower end of the said tongue member when the said locking members 2 .and 3 areengaged In similar manner the side .rail fastening member 3 is first formedas a sheet metal stamping 20 as illustrated in Fig. 6 and then folded and foi-med into a braced A`.and rigid frame or side rail holder as follows: The horizontal top portion 21 iss-.flanked on one side by a plain flange part 22 which is turned down at right angles,- and on its front end by a rectangular face f part` .23 of substantially square shape which is turned down at right angles and interlocked'rwiththel said sideY flange at their adjacent-lower corners by a tongue 24 and groove 25, saidv face partterminating in a rather long flat brace 111cm-, ber (3 turned `inwardly-f and upwardly againstthe under side ofthe top 21 where it is fastened by suitablemeans, as rivets 27.

0n the outer surface of the'vertical end piece is centrally .mounted the tongue 9 for .engaging the corresponding groove 8 on the post bracket, and comprising a broad outer plate 28 andi a nar-row' spacing plate 29 disposed symmetrically between said outer plate 28 and the face plate Q3, said tongue parts being fastex'ied together and to the plate 23 by suitable clamping meansgas rivets 80. The brace ZG is centrallyv slotted longitudinally to facilitate getting atand heading said rivets 30. The opposite Aend ofl the side ruil holder from the face and Tcatch, is of angle bar shape and is perforated to facilitate splicing to the end of va side rail as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.v

The post 4 usually-and preferably of hollow cylindrical construction, is provided with an interiorly disposedfnut member, as a rectangular bar or plate 31 suitably formed to fit the inner surface of the post and having lhreadedholes suitably arranged 'to receive and engage the threaded inner 'ends of the fastenin bolts 7.

The -tongne and slot 8 are formed of uniform width landy thickness throughout and the tongue is formedlsnbstantiaiiy uniformly atbth endsto permit readily inA verting the side rail with respect to top and bottom.

The fastenin members are preferably formed substantially uniformly for all four posts to permit interchangeability of posts vand Vto permit assembling the rails irrcs )ectivc of head and foot or right and left. The post brackets 2 on account of the end rail holders 16 have to be made in rights and lefts respectively,l though if. desired the side Walls 14 and 15 may be made alikev by providing a groove in each adapted to receive a holder 16 in which case the holder 16 may be inserted on either side and fastened by the central rivet 19.

To assemble the bedstead the locking or :fastening members 2 and `3 `may first be attached to the posts and side rails respectively, and the end rails attached to holders 16 on -the post brackets 2.` Then the sidel rails and posts are assembled by engaging the corner fastening members 2 and 3. with each other. To take the bedstead apart the) operations may be revlersed. v

In case it is desirable to. assemble the head and foot portions of the be'dst'ead'in compact arrangement for display"purposes,V the'head and4 foot posts may be'A securedA together in pairs respectively lby the regulari'er'x'd rails, and then in place of the'fsi'derailsfapair of short links 32 may be bolted tothe-post brackets 2 to hold the foot'fand headv portions in closely s need assembled'jrelation, bolts 33 and thum nuts'll'being" provided therefor. Y Although but one specific embodimentof this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood Vthat numerous details of the Construction shown maybe altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this in\'cnlion': \sdetined by th( following claims. v

I claim:-

1. 'in a bedstead, a post bracket of boxlihe shape adapted for rigid lattachment to a corncx` post and comprising a front-Wall formed to engage aside rail orjside rail holder, a side wallturned backy from said front wall and having anotcli in'its upper edge, and an angle bar having one tlange projecting through said notch into the bracket adjacent to the top for attachment thereto and having itsl other lian'ge dependingr and abutting against the said sidewall.

2. In a device of the class described, an ntegral'sheet Ymetal holder, comprising a top' member, an end member turned downwardly at right angles and `adapted for engagement with a supporting body, a side member turned downwardly/and adapted to brace the said top andend members, and

a diagonal brace member continuous with 

